Misscrew
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misscrew is a verb meaning To screw in incorrectly.
Meaning
To screw in incorrectly.
Example Sentences
For minutes he stood staring down at the engine, fixing in his mind every misscrewed nut and hammered bolt end, every sloppy connection and speck of rust.
Robert Greenfield per Countess Harcourt, 2 Sept. 1829, 'wilfully impeding the work of one of the mills by misscrewing part of the machinery — 25 lashes' ;
Word Forms
- misscrews
- misscrewing
- misscrewed
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